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What is fund┋it?

Fund┋it broadcasts calls for research funding and mobilityfor post-doctoral scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Want to come to France? Find a fellowship somewhere in the world? Or simply get your research project funded? Here's all the information you need. We find it, you fund┋it!

Who is fund┋it for?

• Postdocs, senior scholars and advanced graduate students from outside France wishing to come to France or to find funding opportunities

• French postdocs, senior scholars and advanced graduate students wishing to go abroad or to find funding opportunities

Nota : All international fellowships and funding opportunities listed on fund┋it are guaranteed to be open to French scholars or scholars affiliated with a French institution. However, in most cases other nationalities are also eligible.

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1) A database

fund┋it: a gold mine of valuable information

You feel like moving, setting off, going international, simply discovering all the possibilities for conducting your research outside France? You want to come to France for a research stay? You are looking for grants to fund a research program?

STEP 1
Choose and set your future course.

You would like to spend some time in France for a research project? -> Choose Come to France​

You want an opportunity for a research stay abroad? -> Choose Go international​

You are looking for European or international research grants? -> Choose Individual Research or Collaborative Research

It's as easy as that !

STEP 2 Finding a call for applications

Once you have chosen the area you are interested in, you will find a list of all open calls matching your search. There is a call catching your attention? Just click on it, you will find every essential bit of information, and if you'd like to apply just follow the link on the top right corner. For that matter don't forget to set up your fund┋it user account.

STEP 3Refining and saving your search results

The list of open calls seems endless? You would like to refine your results? You will find several filter options on the left allowing you to select certain disciplines, certain destinations, certain institution types, or certain topics. Choose, submit, and check out the offers!
You have come across your dream project? Bookmark it, so you can easily find it again in your user account.

STEP 4Never miss a call again!

So you have come across your dream programme, but you would still like to stay up to date on upcoming calls? Or you haven't found the perfect call yet, but certainly don't want to miss it when it comes up?

Sort your results by means of the filter menu on the left and "Save your search": set up your account if you haven't done so yet (takes you two minutes maximum), and we will let you know on a daily or weekly basis when there are new calls matching your saved search. You can set up new searches, edit existing ones, or delete them as you please in your user account.

* Good to know n°1
fund┋it is also a database for funding or host institutions in the social sciences and humanities. When there are no interesting open calls for you, just follow the link on top of the page, browse through the institutions, maybe find an interesting one and bookmark it to be notified about its upcoming calls.

* Good to know n°2
For some calls, you will find contact information about someone who will be glad to help you with your application. A precious resource for the success of your project, so feel free to use it.

* Good to know n°3
If you know about an open call that is not yet listed on fund┋it, you can submit it to us. Simply use the "Submit a call" button on the bottom left and send us your suggestion, we will publish it as soon as possible. Your help is greatly appreciated!

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2) A whole community

fund┋it has even more to offer!

Succeed!

1- A programme may already have been scrutinized by experts identifying its assets or pointing out target disciplines or topics. If you want to know why you should go for this programme, or understand the indicated SSH rate for European projects, just click on the information icon above the call title. Nota: not every call features such an analysis.

2- You have spotted an interesting programme and would like to know more about it? The fund┋it community is waiting in the wings to answer your questions: there may already be a discussion going on on that programme of yours in our Linkedin group. If you want to join in, just click on "Join the discussion" on the right of each call. (Make sure you have a Linkedin account for that.) You might also find feedback by other scholars on that specific programme. Approach them, ask them, the community is there for you!

And because any piece of information can be a key to success, we are also keeping a blog where we regularly post former fellows' feedback, or interviews, or accounts from funding bodies, letting you in on some tips and tricks on how to stand out with your application. See for yourself by following the link to the blog on the bottom left.

It goes without saying that you can also find us on Facebook and Twitter where all new calls are posted, too. We are always trying to make it as easy as we can for you.

Share your experience
-> You are familiar with a program, you have maybe even been one of its past (and most eminent) fellows: share your impressions and advice with us, you will be sure to help more than one potential candidate.

Join the fund┋it community

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3) Our fund┋it guarantees

fund┋it guarantees you that:

all calls listed are currently open for application;

all mobilities are fully funded and of 1 month minimum;

all information is up-to-date and scrutinized;

none of the calls listed includes any application fees whatsoever to be paid by the candidate.

And... fund┋it is free! What are you waiting for? Sign in and ... fund┋it!

Towards a new growth strategy in Europe - Improved economic and social measurement, data and official statistics

Specific Challenge

Over the past decades, the insight has grown among national, European and international policymakers that policy action cannot be solely guided by reference to gross domestic product and its growth without integrating intangible investment, social and environmental dimensions, individual well-being and qualitative dimensions in the GDP. The changing characteristics of economies and societies in Europe require inclusion of multiple dimensions, including gender and age, new measurement and data for developing new policy for economic growth and well-being.

European growth prospects, job creation and well-being of citizens largely depend on economically successful innovations which address global and EU challenges and create new opportunities for firms. However, the importance of capital stock developments and investments, as well as labour skills, at a detailed industry level and for all types of tangible and intangible assets has not been fully integrated into the analysis of EU innovation and growth performances mainly due to data issues. Better measurement of tangible and intangible investments together with labour skills, in existing categories as well as inclusion of potentially relevant asset categories outside the current asset boundary (such as economic competences, organisational capital, co-creation, skills, marketing assets, firm specific human capital investments, culture and arts) – by taking gender and age into account - would improve the understanding about growth in knowledge-based, globalised and connected economies. Moreover, innovation driven growth strategies require a better understanding on the roles of services (including business services) and the use of ICT and internet at industry level. Equally vital for new growth strategies is a better understanding of the complementarities of firms' investments in global value added chains and the creation of new dynamic market industries.

Europe needs to understand and analyse the changing frame of references for the evaluation of the state and development of societies. Official statistics need to be modernised to provide a more complete picture through the incorporation of new metrics, based on new sources and data collection methods, in coherent frameworks delivering consistent evidences and narratives to policymakers. New sources (including social media) offer unparalleled opportunities to elicit information on welfare, wellbeing and societal progress by other means than traditional sample surveys and require the development of modern, innovative methods for official statistics. With all strata of the population being in scope, methodologically sound official statistics ensure that for e.g. a “silent majority” (those who do not tweet) or marginalised minorities (those who for e.g., lack bank accounts and credit cards and hence leave no trace in certain electronic systems) remain visible to policymakers when innovative, non-traditional sources are used to measure progress. The protection of individual data is furthermore a concern that should be taken into account.

Scope

a) Research and innovation actions

Research aims to improve the availability and quality in the data on tangible and intangible investments, capital stock and the composition of labour inputs at industry level and/or firm level which in longer perspective qualifies for the endorsement from official statistics.

Compilation of data on tangible and intangible investment categories within the existing asset boundary of the national accounts standards (SNA 2008/ESA 2010) need to be targeted and supplemented with national sources and other types of calculations. Creating new data for potentially relevant asset categories outside the current asset boundary at a detailed industry level need statistical work together with implementing strategies and novel approaches to minimise cost and burden of compiling. Piloting and proof of concepts can be useful. All efforts to improve data availability and quality need to be consistent with the current statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Rev.2), National Accounts concepts, methodologies and quality criteria. It is important to use internationally harmonized official source statistics. Future extensions of official statistics can benefit from the already existing work on tangible and intangible capital stocks and labour input outside the official statistical systems by improving their quality in line with statistical quality criteria. It is essential to work out a strategy in which the statistical community cooperates with the economic and other social sciences communities to integrate the improved and/or newly created data into established official statistics to guarantee their lasting reproducibility.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU in the order of EUR 2 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. This does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

b) Coordination and Support Action

The coordination and support action should focus on the incorporation and alignment of new, possibly unofficial and unstructured, sources with established official statistics. It should build on the rich body of results in the alternative growth approaches, social, environmental and sustainable indicators, new consumption models and “Beyond GDP” domain – in consistency with National Accounts - covering both novel domains and non-traditional sources as well as innovative data collection approaches. It should incorporate a strong statistical methodological component focusing on obtaining consistency, representativity/social inclusion (in particular when innovative data collection methods are used) and measures of uncertainty. Piloting and proof of concept should be at the forefront. Disaggregation of statistics - geographically, or by other domains (e.g. identifying vulnerable population groups) - to provide greater insights and providing evidence allowing more focused policy decisions should be covered, as should metadata and other aspects of quality of statistics. At the same time data protection concerns should be addressed.

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU in the order of EUR 1 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. This does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.

Expected Impact

Better data and official statistics should improve our understanding about the changing nature of overall investment and growth dynamism in Europe. Widening of the concept of investment should bring insights for the European growth strategy and reveal cross-country differences in growth and productivity performances taking into account the role of tangible and intangible capital in the modernisation and competitiveness of EU industries and services. Moreover, through the investigation of the practical applicability of new sources, frameworks and methods for official statistics across a wide range of aspects regarding social and sustainable progress will provide a coherent framework of reliable evidence to the benefit of society. Public statistics and measurements being more explorative and future-orientated should provide new innovative policy support frameworks in "Beyond GDP" perspective.